Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 1:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 1:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 1:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, God made certain people feel excited and ready to help build a special house for Him in Jerusalem. These people were leaders from Judah and Benjamin, as well as priests and Levites.

Ezra 1:5: Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all [them] whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem.

Contradiction with Ezra 2:64

Contradicts by providing a cumulative number of returned exiles, which differs from those prompted by divine stirring in Ezra 1:5.

Ezra 2:64: The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred [and] threescore,

Contradiction with Nehemiah 7:66

Lists a total of assembled people which may imply a different group than those in Ezra 1:5.

Nehemiah 7:66: The whole congregation together [was] forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 36:20

Indicates that the captives remained in Babylon until the rise of the Persian Empire, whereas Ezra 1:5 refers to an immediate stirring to return.

2 Chronicles 36:20: And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: [them...: Heb. the remainder from the sword]

Contradiction with Ezra 4:1

Describes adversaries among the people of Judah, in contrast to the unified action inspired by God in Ezra 1:5.

Ezra 4:1: Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; [the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation]
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